The country, to put it mildly, has experienced confused and even violent reactions to the tragedy.

Some say it was Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik who, the night of the killing spree, started the recriminations about nasty political rhetoric owning some blame for the violence.

“I think the vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out … and how are youngsters are being raised, that this has not become the nice United States of America that most of us grew up in,” Dupnik said at a press conference. “I think it’s time we do the soul-searching.”

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